Andy Fastow

Corporate Culture Speaker, Former CFO of Enron

Andy Fastow was the Chief Financial Officer of Enron Corp. from 1998 – 2001, but in 2004, he pled guilty to two counts of securities fraud, and was sentenced to six years in federal prison. Since his release from prison, Fastow has been a top guest keynote speaker at universities and corporations speaking on corporate culture.

Andy Fastow Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$10,001 - $20,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
Texas, USA

Andy Fastow Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$10,001 - $20,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
Texas, USA

Why Andy Fastow?

Andy Fastow delves into the complexities of transactions that technically comply with rules but may be misleading, unethical, or illegal. Fastow’s expertise offers a compelling perspective on the ethical and strategic implications of financial decision-making, making him an impactful choice for events seeking to deepen their understanding of corporate governance and ethical conduct. Through real-life examples from major companies, he provides a thought-provoking examination of the rationalizations made by executives and the potential harm to stakeholders.

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Unbiased - How to Manage Risk in the Gray Zone

We live in the Age of Corporate Disasters. From Enron to Purdue Pharma, J&J, 3M, General Electric, Boeing, and Silicon Valley Bank, to name a few–seemingly great and iconic companies have been harmed or destroyed by self-inflicted wounds. What has changed? Are we worse ...

We live in the Age of Corporate Disasters. From Enron to Purdue Pharma, J&J, 3M, General Electric, Boeing, and Silicon Valley Bank, to name a few–seemingly great and iconic companies have been harmed or destroyed by self-inflicted wounds. What has changed? Are we worse at compliance? Are we less ethical? Has corporate culture changed so significantly? The leaders at these organizations did not set out to do harm. Their challenges arose from an inability to lead their teams through and to the right decisions in what we call the Gray Zone– that place where creative application of complex and ambiguous rules allow us to get to a technically correct answer that may be the wrong solution. The Gray Zone is where leadership is needed most, but where leaders have the least amount of training.

Andy Fastow spent six years in federal prison thinking about his role as CFO at Enron. He is now a sought-after public speaker who consults with Boards of Directors on ways to help leaders better identify, price, and manage these unseen Gray Zone risks in their businesses and in their lives.

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About Keynote Speaker Andy Fastow

Despite today’s more regulated and enlightened business environment, we continue to witness “Enron-esque” failures of corporate governance. Enron’s former CFO will make observations about how the ambiguity and complexity of laws and regulations breeds opportunity for problematic decisions and will discuss what questions corporate directors, management, attorneys, and accountants should ask in order to ensure that their companies not only follow the rules, but uphold the principles behind them.

Andy Fastow was the Chief Financial Officer of Enron Corp. from 1998 – 2001. In 2004, he pled guilty to two counts of securities fraud, and was sentenced to six years in federal prison. He completed his sentence in 2011, and now lives with his family in Houston, Texas. Andy currently provides litigation support at a law firm, and he consults with Directors, attorneys, and hedge funds on how best to identify potentially critical finance, accounting, compensation, and cultural issues.

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Andy received a BA in Economics and Chinese from Tufts University and an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Enron, he was a Senior Director in the Asset Securitization Group at Continental Bank N.A.

Since his release from prison, Andy has been a guest lecturer at universities and corporations, and at conferences for management, corporate directors, attorneys, accountants, and certified fraud examiners. Andy was recently keynote speaker at the United Nations’ Principles of Responsible Management Education Conference, the FBI’s Advanced Financial Crimes Seminar, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Annual Conference, the American Accounting Association Annual Conference, and the Financial Times’ Outstanding Directors Conference.